What does it take to lead growth successfully? Organisational psychologist, CEO and endurance athlete Dr. Alison Eyring has spent the last 25 years helping companies solve the people and organisational challenges of growth. She’s worked with all types of CEOs and business leaders across the world but it takes a special type of leader to successfully grow a business. She calls them growth leaders.
They seem to have that magic formula – that edge - that allows them to drive performance results today while transforming their businesses for tomorrow, and still keep people energised. And more importantly, how can you spot the leaders in your organisation that will drive business growth?
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Season 2
Growth Leaders #1 - Why you need focus to drive disruption with Rosaline Chow Koo
Rosaline Chow Koo, Founder and Group CEO of CXA Group, shares how she has focused on customer needs and involved her entire ecosystem to disrupt the healthcare industry in Asia and achieve growth. Rosaline talks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about applying outside-in thinking and having courage to be a disruptor. Read More
Growth Leaders #2 - Influence matters: Lessons from a hyper-growth leader with Dan Neary
Dan Neary, Vice President of Asia-Pacific at Facebook, shares what he has learnt at the helm of some of Asia’s fastest growing businesses. Dan talks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the value of influence over control when scaling your team to support hyper-growth. Read More
Growth Leaders #3 - Leading the wave of smarter shopping with Joel Leong
Joel Leong, Co-founder of ShopBack, shares his experience of leveraging partnerships to create a unique business model and rapidly diversifying across APAC markets. Read More
Growth Leaders #4 - Going the distance: Leadership insights from an Olympic coach with Troy Engle
Troy Engle, Head of Academies and Clubs at Sport Singapore, shares his learnings about leadership and development based on his experience coaching elite athletes.
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Growth Leaders #5 - How to engage a multi-generation workforce with Wilf Blackburn
Wilf Blackburn, CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore, shares his insight on transforming the workplace to become future-fit while maintaining the organisation’s legacy.
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Growth Leaders #6 - How to navigate complexity and build capacity for growth with Maya Hari
Maya Hari, Vice President Asia-Pacific at Twitter, shares her insight on achieving rapid growth within leading-edge tech companies in Asia. Read More
Season 1
Growth Leaders #1 - There is no playbook for the future with Parry Singh
How do you drive tomorrow’s growth when you have no idea what tomorrow’s world will be like? Few industries have been as disrupted by technology like media has in the past decade and it will only continue to change. If disruption is the new normal, then how do you build the capabilities you need to be able to continue to grow. Read More
Growth Leaders #2 - Never compromise on people with Vladimir Makatsaria
When you are growing a breakneck speed, how do you make time for developing the next generation of growth leaders? Vladimir Makatsaria talks about how people are at the heart of growth. Read More
Growth Leaders #3 - The disciplined pursuit of less with Vikram Rupani
Focusing on what really matters is crucial to driving growth. How relentless customer focus helped RedMart become one of Asia’s fastest growing retailers. Read More
Growth Leaders #4 - The Growth Mindset with Julian Persaud
How do you keep a growth mindset? Self-professed 46 year old millenial Julian Persaud of AirBnB on how he retains a hunger to grow and why he surrounds himself with lifelong learners. Read More
Growth Leaders #5 - Scaling Products & People with Joachim Ackermann
How do you scale up an idea for mega growth? Google’s Joachim Ackermann talks about he manages a growth portfolio so he can seed lots of different products and then scale the ones that can grow fast. Read More
Growth Leaders #6 - Why Do We Still Have So Many Incompetent Male Leaders? with Dr. Tomas Chamorro Premuzic
Alison talks to Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic about his new book, ‘Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How To Fix It)’ Read More
Growth Leaders #7 - Hyper-growth: pushing to the max with Julie Tay
How do you push a business as fast and far as it can grow? Julie Tay of Align Technology on maximum as a relative concept, growth beyond numbers and why we need more Asian leaders in top jobs. Read More
Growth Leaders #8 - How to run a start-up in a 100+ year old company
Mark Gainsborough talks to Dr. Alison Eyring about balancing resourcing and investment capability with a start-up mentality. And why having an external market view, working customer-back and maintaining exposure to high-growth markets helps you strike the right growth ambitions. Read More